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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish
For me,
The 70’s were kind of a great time. Still a TON of great music was being written and produced. And the anti war music of the late 60’s was still alive and well.
The threat of the Russians was still real. As every school had their fallout shelters. But kids didn’t worry about it. Much.
10c bubble gum with baseball cards. And stickers for your notebook were big. Muscle cars were incredible. We moved pretty freely as kids/young teens. Lots of unorganized activities. But we had summer camps too. Being a catholic school kid, those camps helped me develop friendships with the public school district kids. Those friendships are ongoing.
I feel we tinkered with things more in those days. Changing oil was simple. Of course, if you opened the hood on any American made auto, you could practically climb into engine bay as there was room to spare. To this day, I’ll tear into any household appliance in order for it to last a little longer. Today’s society does seem to be more of a throwaway society. (Just a guess).
Not nearly the emphasis on safety. Jungle gyms were insane. The one at my local school was huge, the frame had to be 20/25 feet in the air. Climbed that thing all the time. I probably would have freaked the F out if my own children did that.
But, that’s just being a parent.
Good thread for reminiscing.
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All of this.
The jungle gym I fell off of multiple times as a child wasn't that tall, but probably still over 10-12 feet high. Once fell through the center of it, so hit about 4 crossbars on the way down, hairline cracked a rib and put a doozy of a bump on the back of my head but was back climbing on the thing a few weeks later.
Today, if they still let kids climb on those things, they'd probably tear it down after an incident like that or make all the kids wear football pads/helmets before they could go within 20 feet of it.
Lol, and bikes. A few years ago, my sister-in-law was complaining to me about how much she spent on the kids' bikes and how they never used them. I told her "Well, they might've been more into their bikes if you hadn't made them put on a helmet, knee and elbow pads, mouthpieces, safety glasses, etc. every time they wanted to go for a ride."
I mean, I would've avoided my bike like the plague if my parents had made me put all that crap on before I could go for a ride.